Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-06-24

but he can't reach Columbus from
Nenia before midnight. The resolu-
tions which the Post prepared will
admit of small revision in view of the
latest news. The expression on the
streets, so far as it can be gathered,
is that the President has furnished
the strongest campaign document
which could have been presented
against him, and tnat his latest action
will not alter the original intent in
giving the order The Governor to-
night is still receiving assurances of
aid from the GAL r. over the State,
and is being congratulated upon the
prompt manner in which he set out
to test the legality of the order.
FoRAKER's cAUsTIC RESPONSE.
The Governor tonight, in response
to inquiries from the East asking his
opinion of President Cleveland's order
to return the captured flags, and
whether the veterans of Ohio would
willingly part with the trophies of
their victories. sent the following:-
81 could stand their Mobilization of
Jefferson Dayis and the joining of
him and Cleveland in eulogies of Cal
houn end secession. | could also
keep the peace while Rosser was or
dering Sheridan to keep out of the
Shenandoah Valley and Henry Wat
terson was speaking of the dependent
pension bill as liniment to abolish
vagabondage by pensioning a lot of
tramps, but | began to lose my tenn
per when the President of the United
States went fishing on Decoration
Day, and made up my mind that the
time had come to draw the line when
in ignorance or defnance of the law
lie usurped authority to order the re.
bel flags to be returned to the seced-
ing States, not that | have any affec-
tion for the dirty rags, but because
they are emblems OF treason that are
wanted for no other purpose than
public parade, and to fire the South.
ern heart with pride for a lost cause
that ought never to be recalled except
with shame, because it is the crime of
the age. The people of Ohio are not
ready to recognize the Southern Con-
federacy, and they do not intend to
do SO. This State will not surr ender
any rebel flags"
Every Grand Army Post in Gin
cinnati passed resolutions tonight
condemning the proposition of the
Executive at Washington to return
the captured Confederate flags. The
attendance at all the meetings was
large, and the res buttons were vigor-
Gus.
FAIRCHILD DETERMINED.
New YORK, June 16.-Grand
Army men were fairly boiling over
with Indignation and wrath to-day
over the reported decision of the Pres
ideDt to restore to the Southern
States the flags captured in the war.
1t is safe to say that not since the or
ganization was started has any one
subject aroused such unanimous and
hearty condemnation. At the hotels,
in the Offices of the Grand Army
journals, elsewhere, wherever mem.
bers of the order met, it was the one
topic Of talk, and again and again were
repeated the words of Commander
in Chief Fairchilds at the reception in
Association Hall last night, "May
God palsy the hand that wrote the
order, may God palsy the brain that
conceived it, and may God palsy the
tongue that dictated it,"
Gen-Lucius Fairchild had q long
talk with Gen. William r. Sherman
this morning at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel. 1t is understood that Gen.
Sherman approves OF Gen Fairchild's
speech last evening. The hero of the
march to the sea was more animated
than usual and conversed with an
earnestness not|of general keeping with
his usual humorous style. He re-
fused to see any reporters on the
ground that he was about to leave
for New Haven
A TALK WITH FAIRCHILD.
Gen. Fairchild, as soon as the con-
ference was over, came down into the
corridor looking little paler than
usual, but he declined to say what
the nature of it was When ques-
toned about his speech last night on
the return of the Confederate flags he
said:-"I have never mixed politics
in my duties as Commander of the
G. A. r., and have hitherto refrained
from saying anything that would stir
up sectional feelings. Last night l
deemed it my duty to express my
feelings, and did. Those flags were
captured in battle and given to the
War Depart ent for safe keeping. |
no not believe the Governors Of the
once Confederate States will receive
them, or ii they do they will send
them back How can they float
these flags, as they represent no
government in existence / have
nothing further to say"
Col. w. =. Canaday, Sergeant,at-
Arms of the United States Senate, a
resident of North Carolina, and an
ex-rebel officer, said he deemed Presi.
dent Cleveland's order an unmitigated
outrage, and added vehemently:-
OPINION OF A REBEL.
"The return of the Confederate
flags is an insult to the veterans who
fought to save this Union. They
captured these trophies on many
hard.fought battlelields, and the idea
Of man who never smelt gun-pow-
der giving On order to return them is
shameful and disgraceful. 1t il an
act bordering on the widest vandal-
ism. fought in the rebel army, and
/ intend to speak my mind freely.
President Cleveland has added
stigma to his position that time will
not eradicate. 1t is the fatal error in
his career and will relegate him to
obscurity with the odium OF his insult
to the gallant defenders clinging in
darkness to his memory. lIe is
man Of destiny no longer This
Presidential Murat has at last met
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